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- 1. A Brief Introduction to Making your own Thing. Stephen Harrison @TinamousSteve
- 2. A Brief Introduction to Me • Stephen Harrison @TinamousSteve • 20 years ago connecting blood gas analysers using RS232 to Q-Pro • C# Contractor developing connectivity solutions for medical devices. • Founder of Tinamous.com • A Private Twitter like platform for People and Things.
- 3. Aim • Introduction to IoT • Look at some embedded platforms ideal for IoT • Introduction to the world of Arduino • See how to develop a Thing using an Arduino • Introduction to the Gadgeteer • Getting started coding and debug the Gadgeteer
- 4. Internet of Things • What is a (IoT) Thing? • Major Hype • At the Peak of Inflated Expectations • Next stop… • Trough of Disillusionment • Twitter -> #IoT #Lots! • Large Maker community • Developing hardware can be great fun • But also a special kind of hell…
- 5. Selecting a board? • Real time OS • Power • Fairy dust, Battery, Solar, USB, PoE, Wall Wart? • Internet • Wired, WiFi, BLE, XBee, SD Card • Infield updates • Can you update the code when deployed? • 5V / 3V3 IO • Component/shield compatibility • Processor and Ram • Enclosure
- 6. The Arduino • Main form factors • Standard – Note the wonky pinout! • Mini • Due/Mega • Many other (LilyPad / Nano / Fio) • Uses stackable shields to extend functionality • Boot loader so it is easy to connect and program. • Plug in USB and go.
- 7. Arduino Uno R3 • 16MHz • 32KB Flash • 2k SRAM • 1KB EEPROM • 14 Digital IO • LEDs, Switches, etc. • 40mA per IO Pin • 6 PWM • 6 Analog Inputs • Light, temperature etc. • 10 bits 4.9mV resolution • No on-board Ethernet/WiFi • £18
- 8. Arduino Yún • Built in Ethernet and WiFi • Supports Power over Ethernet. • 802.3af – 15W – 12.5W usable. • Has a second processor running OpenWrt • 16MHz + 400MHz • 2.5K + 64MB Ram • 20x 5V 40mA IO just like the Uno. • £46
- 9. Arduino – Custom Versions • Open source hardware based on the Amtel Mega • Download Schema & PCB design from Arduino.cc • Very simple to make your own board, ATmega328 available in through hole version. • Examples: • Rapiro • 3D Printers & CNC • Seeduino Stalker • Standalone Relay
- 10. Seeduino Stalker
- 11. Raspberry Pi • Hopefully doesn’t need to much of an introduction! • Checkout CamJam.me and PiWars.org – 6th December in Cambridge. • 700MHz CPU • 512MB • On-board Ethernet • HDMI • USB Host (WiFi, Mouse, Keyboard etc.) • 40Way header for expansion (HAT) • 8 GPIO • UART, I2C, SPI support. • Power (3v3 and 5v) • No Analog (ADC or DAC) • Not real time • £24 Photo: http://www.raspberrypi.org/
- 12. Spark Core • Cortex M3 (32Bit, 82MHz) • 128KB Flash, 20KB ram • WiFi only • Spark Web IDE • Node.js, Ruby, Python and more! • Command line interface • Optional self hosting • 8 Digital IO • 8 Analog • £34 • https://www.spark.io/
- 14. Teensy • Cortex M4 – 72 MHz • 64KB Ram • 256K Flash • Great IO • 9 Touch • 34 Digital IO • 21 Analog Inputs (2 ADCs) • 3v3. Most pins 5V tolerant • 12 Bit DAC • CAN Bus • Supported by Arduino IDE • No on-board internet • £18
- 15. Microsoft and IoT • Microsoft developed a Smart Watch (ca. 2004!) • Are smart watches cool yet? • SPOT watch became .Net Micro Framework • .Net Micro Framework went open source • .Net Micro Framework + Arduino form factor = ?
- 16. Netduino • STMicro 168MHz Cortex M4 • 384KB Flash + 100KB RAM • 10M wired Ethernet • 20 IO (14 Digital + 6 Analog) • 25mA per pin • 3v3 but 5V tolerant • 2 UARTS • 6 PWM • Open software and hardware • £38 • http://Netduino.com
- 17. Gadgeteer • MSR Cambridge • .Net Micro Framework platform • Standard rules for sockets and boards • Boards from various companies: • GHI Electronics • Mountaineer • Solderless design • Some connector boards • 10 Pin IDC connector. • Not 0.1” pitch • Open Source
- 18. FEZ Cerberus • 168MHz Cortex M4 • 384KB Flash • 104K Ram • 8 Sockets • 44 GPIO • 2 UARTS • 9 Analog • Doesn’t support WiFi module • No native Ethernet • No RGBT display • Open Source Hardware • £15 • https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/349
- 19. FEZ Spider • 72MHz ARM7 • 2.5MB Flash • 11MB Ram • 14 Sockets • 74 GPIO • 6 Analog • 4 UART • Touch Display Support (RGB+T) • Native Ethernet support • £75 (Now $60 from GHI) • https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/269
- 20. So many other IoT boards… • Probably a new one since I started! • Microsoft introducing new boards • Sharks Cove • MinnowBoard Max • Intel • TI • Kickstarter • Many more Arduino variants • Find the one(s) that works for you! • You can use more than one in a project Picture stolen from minnowboard.org
- 21. Arduino Coding • Based on Processing (C/C++) • Pointers! • Arduino IDE. • Plugins for Visual Studio & Eclipse • Getting Started • Software: 10 Print “Hello World” • Hardware: BlinkLED(); • IoT: ReadTemperature(); • Example: Hello World++ • NeoPixel LEDs • Single signal wire + Power • But… VERY timing sensitive – needs RTOS
- 24. Gadgeteer Coding • C# and VB.Net • .Net Micro Framework • Similar to .Net 1.x • No Generics, Nullables (int?) or Anonymous types • Open Sourced on CodePlex • Very limited functionality • No NUnit support • Uses VS2012 • R# works • NuGet works • Not real time • Uses GC • Can’t drive some things like NeoPixels
- 25. Gadgeteer Example • Automated Sprinkler System • Use water from water butt • Water when ground is dry • Water only when dark • Or when instructed from Tinamous message • Record Moisture and Light levels • VS2012 + GHI SDK + .Net Micro Framework 4.3 • FEZ Cerberus board with: • X1 Relay • DP USB Client Power • Moisture Sensor • Light Sensor • ENC28 Ethernet
- 26. The set-up
- 27. Enhance the Sprinkler • Check if it’s going to rain in the next 2 hours • Internet weather service • Netatmo API – see if it is raining locally • Measure humidity • Multiple moisture sensors • Measure water level in water butt • Top-up if needed from tap. • Water is it is about to over flow • Measure Temperature, Humidity, UV levels etc. • Monitor soil chemistry (pH etc.) • Add dosages of chemicals as needed.
- 28. Summary • We looked at some of the boards available • Made a Arduino project • Made a Gadgeteer project
- 29. Homework • GitHub.com/Tinamous • Node Red -> http://nodered.org • MQTT -> http://MQTT.org • Tinamous.com • https://Demo.Tinamous.com • Sharks Cove • MinnowBoard Max • https://www.ghielectronics.com • https://www.tindie.com/ • http://www.CoolComponents.co.uk • Cambridge MakeSpace -> http://makespace.org
- 30. Thank You! Questions -> @TinamousSteve Don’t forget to drop by the Tinamous Stand. We have Haribo!
Editor's Notes
- Devices measuring HIV in 3rd world countries reporting device usage to the central server.
- Gartner Hype Cycle IOT Example – NetAtMo weather station, fridge, kettle, geiger counter etc.
- Hand around the Uno and shield
- Hand around the YUN
- Brains are Pi, Heart is Arduino
- Hand around the Seed Stalker
- Hand around the relay module
- Hand around the Pi
- Open version of NetAtMo
- Hand around the Spark core
- Hand around the teensy Controller Area Network – not car!
- Hand around the Netduino
- Connectors are expensive No burnt fingers Logic levels all compatible
- Hand around Cerberus
- Sharks cove ordered but not arrived. $60 shipping! MS adding support for Gelilieo board MAX is V2 of MinnowBoard – don’t get V1
- Hand around NeoPixel ring
- Switch to Arduino IDE to demo NeoPixels
- Switch to Visual Studio